19 banks hand over blankets to PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday directed the authorities concerned to distribute blankets in the country's cold-hit areas by giving priority to the people above 60, orphans and the physically-challenged ones, reports UNB.

The Prime Minister gave the directives while receiving 0.3 million (3.70 lakh) pieces of blankets from 19 banks of Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) at her official residence Ganabhaban.

The 19 banks donated the blankets to the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund for distributing among the cold-hit people across the country.

Chairmen and directors of the respective banks handed over the blankets to the Prime Minister.

Receiving the blankets, the Prime Minister thanked the bank authorities for their noble gesture and called upon the affluent section of society to stand beside the poor and cold-stricken people .

She said the poor and the distressed people ultimately are benefited if the well-off people donate to the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund.

Hasina asked the PMO officials to distribute the blankets quickly among the cold-hit people across the country.

President of Bangladesh Association of Banks Nazrul Islam Mazumder, who is also the chairman of EXIM Bank, conducted the function. PM's Military Secretary Major General Mia Md Jainul Abedin was, among others, present.